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Only one bullet is fired at a time from any machine gun. Some machine guns fire more bullets per unit time than others, but they all fire only one bullet at a time. The cyclical rate can vary from 400-450 rounds per minute to 6000 rounds per minute.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoDepends on the firearm itself. You could be referring to a Brown Bess musket - which had a typical rate of fire of 3 rounds per minute - or you could be referring to the Metal Storm - one prototype of which had a cyclic rate of fire of over 1.6 million rounds per minute, or you could be referring to anything in between. For an assault rifle, 500 - 800 rounds per minute is the norm for a cyclic rate of fire, while dedicated machine guns can range from 550 rounds per minute to 1200 rounds per minute, give or take.
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∙ 15y ago100 Answer:
Gattling guns and chain guns can fire up to 166 rounds per second and are programmed to fire bursts of up to 1000 rounds.
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∙ 13y agoIt depends on which type of machine gun and the firing speed.
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∙ 14y agoAre you talking about the gatling gun if so then its 8000 rounds or 500 rounds per minute.
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∙ 13y agoAnywhere from 500 to 900, depending on which specific machine gun you had in mind.
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∙ 11y agoYou will have to specify which model you are referring to. They have different rates of fire.
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What can a machine gun do?
Fire a lot of bullets very quickly.
What are the similarities between Machine gun to a short gun?
They both fire things called 'Bullets'
What machine gun the worlds fastest machine gun?
The Metal Storm is the World's fastest machine gun. It fires 1660 bullets in every second up to 1 million rounds per minute without having someone to crank it up. The Metal Storm can be an unmanned machine gun and can open fire automatically because the computer is operating the machine gun. No other machine gun in the World can fire as fast as the metal storm at that kind of firing speed. Metal Storm is one of the fastest machine gun in the World and can fire more bullets much faster than other machine guns. Metal Storm is not an actual machine gun. It is a volley gun. See the Related Question below for a better discussion of what a real machine gun is, and which has the highest rate of fire.
How many bullets can a vickers machine gun fire in a minute?
720 rounds a minute approximately
How many rounds could a machine gun of World War 1 fire per second?
As fast as they could in World War II or Korea, though some could fire faster than others. The Browning was medium fast, the Lewis and the Vickers a bit faster, though the Germans had the fastest firing machine guns of all. I don't remember the specific RPM for each gun.
How many bullets can a vickers machine gun fire in 1 second?
Depends on what model you are talking about, 8-15 rds.
Can a gun fire bullets without bullets in the gun?
No. Yes. All you have to do is strike the bullet's primer with a sharp corner of the gun.
How fast did a machine gun fire on the invasion of Normandy?
38 rounds per minute
How many bullits can a World War 2 machine gun fire per min?
about 500 rounds(bullets) per minute
Machine gun average bullets per minute?
300-a few thousand depending on the machine gun.
What did the machine gun do in World War 1?
Machine guns were used to kill or injure soldiers on the opposing army.
Are machine guns the World's fastest rapid firing weapons?
Most machine guns fire several hundred rounds in every second, they fire bullets that are much faster than the speed of sound but they can also spray several thousand bullets in 1 minute. There is a machine gun called metal storm. The metal storm is the fastest rapid firing machine gun in the World. It fires up to several thousand rounds in 1 second up to 1,000,000 rounds per minute. Metal storm have 36 barrels wiches make metal storm a very fast machine gun. The answer is yes, machine guns are the World's fastest rapid firing weapons.
